Kunanyi or Mt Wellington? Ayers Rock or Uluru? Some thoughts on dual naming.
Category: Language
How good is Straya? Jon Kudelka, one of Australia’s finest working cartoonists, has marked January 26 on his […]
I bought the Saturday papers at the servo round the corner the other day, and the bloke there […]
Have you posted a vaxxie on social media? Are you a vaxinista or an anti-vaxxer? Have you been […]
Former Labor Senator Robert Ray takes the prize for the best ever Australian political insult.
When I was at ABC Radio one of the most popular talkback subjects was the daggy things your […]
I first wrote about new words and phrases generated by the Covid pandemic in July last year. Hard […]
I have news on the tradie term front. I found a clipping in my files quoting Cassie Lobley […]
In my last column I wondered whether trough pronounced to rhyme with throw was a distinctive Tasmanianism. A […]
In response to my last column on distinctive Tasmanianisms, the editor of this fine publication told me he […]